So, you guys, if there's one lesson I can impart to you in this trip report series, it is this: Never fly with a hangover. Madrid is a late night city. I figured that a 12:45pm departure would still allow me to go out on a Saturday night and wake up in plenty of time…
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Sounds like a episode of Man Men. Nice to see a real world post but sorry it was at your expense. Spain is a dangerous place. Why oh why can't they just eat dinner earlier.
I know it's a little different but I have marmite and toast every day and it is amazing. It's an acquired taste but so good once you like it.
I feel your pain. Flying hungover is really the worst, and I've done it more times that I would like to admit. I honestly try to plan my drinking schedules to avoid a flight the next day. Signs of getting too old.
I'm a bit confused. Are you comparing flying while hungover to vegemite on toast, which to be honest is the best thing in the world? If so, i'm going to have to try flying while hungover on my upcoming ~33,000 mile trip. Thanks for the tip!
I am 100% picking up what you are putting down here. Sorry about the hangover, I'm working on one myself right now. 🙁
Nothing beat an all-nighter in new orleans, showing up at the airport realizing my ID was gone (yes you can fly with no photo ID).
I was lucky to get the upgrade, and I felt pretty bad to the lady (I think) who was next to me. I smelled like a mix of cigarettes, beer, garbage, and food. and casinos.
I was able to sleep it off the entire flight though, which was nice.
Well, looks like I've managed to offend the Australians now with my disparaging remarks about Vegemite 😉
To call your economy seat and pitiful lunch business class is a joke. I'm not claiming to be an expert but the only intra Europe flights I've been on with real business class is Aeroflot. I've flown their 737-800s and A 319s and 320s intra Europe recently, and they have first-class seats like on DL 737-900s with personal video and meals comparable to international business-class. A pleasant surprise although to get from one EU city to another, I connected through SVO. But with the hard product and service it was a pleasure.
@Patrick - Once you like it? How much suffering must you endure before your body gives up and learns to like it.
@Nick - So on my first Biz class LAX-FRA in LH J I had too much to drink. And our 4 hour train ride to Amsterdam was an awful nightmare. At least in the plane you can feel the plane moving. On the train everything is zipping by outside at 150+mph and you feel nothing in the train. A major brain/eyes disconnect. Tried to eat a sandwich, but all I could buy was some plywood "bread" with some scraps of cheese and meat on it. Never going to make that mistake again.
Nick, I experienced the same but I was in Barcelona 😉 Spain is a VERY dangerous place when it come to partying! For me it was the business school graduation party and a flight to Italy scheduled the next day at 1 pm. Never ever again.
As Scotty G posted, lightly buttered toast with a thin smear of vegemite is an excellent cure for an upset stomach. I suspect the mistake non-Australians make is to spread it on bread or toast as you would peanut butter, nutella etc.
Hello Nick!
I've only commented twice on this website (both times regarding Ben's Air France articles as I'm French and therefore I allow myself to comment because I know more on this topic than with other airlines).
As much as I enjoy Ben's articles/website (a lot), I'm glad someone who's Skyteam sensitive can now publish ^^
Anyway... 🙂 The reason for my comment is to point out that Air France has recently launched its new Europe A319/320 seats and menu (the latter you actually experienced I think). You got (very) old seats unfortunately but the new leather ones are looking good! So yeah... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Y5ubX3ReU
Regards,
Olivier
@Lucky -- Here's some science for which you'll thank me for the rest of your life: a hangover is nothing more, nothing less than dehydration. The cure -- the ONLY cure -- is to drink water until you can't take it anymore, then drink some more. Just overload yourself with water and your hangover will pass in a matter of minutes. And if you do so BEFORE going to bed you'll never get one to begin with.
As for marmite, it's basically shit. If you like marmite, then you'll literally have no problem eating feces. Worst. Food. Ever.
Look at the bright side: you have a great story to tell. Like most great stories, something went sadly wrong.
@A.S.: Water before bed absolutely can prevent a hangover (though sadly in most cases when one is really blotto that's a step easily forgotten), especially when paired with an Advil PM. But once you've reached morning stage I find all the water in the world can't make the nausea and headache subside. Only thing I've ever found useful -- besides just sleeping it off until it goes away -- is Gatorade. That all said, though, the motion of the plane really amped an otherwise ordinary hangover into super-nausea territory, so I couldn't even keep down water. No bueno!
Am I really the first one to point out that the photo is not of Britney and Kevin, but of Britney and Justin? Ben, I would expect your pop sensibilities to extend a few years back from Taylor Swift!!!
@ Stratos -- Hah! This post was written by contributor Nick, though truth be told I don't know the first thing about Britney. I was all boy bands back in the day!
@Stratos: Oh. My. God. This is mortifying and embarrassing. I do know the difference between my early 2000's pop icons, sort of! Forgive my lapse in journalistic integrity, please...